Selected Local Museums

Shofuso: The Pine Breeze Villa (Japanese House)
An authentic re-creation of a 16th to 17th century shoin-zukuri (desk style) house in the grounds of the Horticultural Center in the West Philadelphia. http://www.shofuso.org/

Fort Mifflin on the Delaware The Fort's star-shaped embankment is worth the visit alone. Take a step back in time to the Revolution and the Civil War.
http://www.fieldtrip.com/pa/54923395.htm/

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropolgy
A very well thought-out site that is beautiful, easy to navigate and fast to load.
http://www.upenn.edu/museum

Philadelphia City Hall
http://www.ajaxelectric.com/cityhall

Philadelphia Museum of Art
With a host of community links.
http://www.philamuseum.org/

Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts
http://www.pafa.org

Philadelphia Orchestra
Includes schedules, education and community programs, meet the orchestra and more.
http://www.philorch.org

Institute for Contemporary Art
http://www.ICAphila.org

Franklin Institute
http://www.fi.edu

Academy of Natural Science
Includes teacher programs and links for those interested in sciece and environmental studies learning.
http://www.acnatsci.org/education

Eastern State Penitentiary
http://www.easternstate.com

Wharton Esherick Museum
http://www.levins.com/esherick.html

Bucks County Historical Society
Inheritor of the material and intellectual legacy of Henry Chapman Mercer including the Mercer.
http://www.buckscountyhistorical.org/bchs

Athenaeum of Philadelphia
http://www.philaAthenaeum.org

Historical Society of Pennsylvania
http://www.hsp.org

Independence Hall Association
http://www.nps.gov/inde/

Cooper-Hewitt National Museum of Design
It's in New York, so it's not really local, but their Web site is always a treat
www.si.edu/ndm